When author Bob Suren (Weird Music That Goes on Forever: A Punk's Guide to Loving Jazz) was first exposed to hardcore music as a teen in the early 80s, it opened his ears and mind to to a world beyond his suburban life in Stuart, FL. The Reno, NV band 7 Seconds were a big part of this awakening, and their blistering 1982 7" E.P. 'Skins, Brains & Guts' is a record that STILL gets him high!

Songs discussed in this episode: If The Kids Are United (Sham 69 cover, live 1985) - 7 Seconds; Hardcore Rules - Hated Youth; She's My Hosebag - X-Conz; I Hate The Sunshine State - Roach Motel; After You've Gone - Django Reinhardt; Live Fast Die Young - Circle Jerks; John Wayne Was A Nazi - MDC; Mercenaries - Negative Trend; All Tensed Up - Husker Du; Fat Drunk And Stupid - Section 8; Skins, Brains & Guts, No Authority, Here's Your Warning, Redneck Society, Baby Games, Walk Together, Rock Together, Racism Sucks, This Is My Life, Anti Klan - 7 Seconds; Anti Klan - Society's Ills; I Hate Sports, We're Gonna Fight - 7 Seconds; I'm Better Off Playing Alone - Kevin Seconds; 99 Red Balloons (Nena cover) - 7 Seconds

Writer/director Jeff Greenstein (Will and Grace, Desperate Housewives, Friends) joins us again this week to unpack an album - and artist - that continues to get him spectacularly high: 'Big Science' by avant-garde titan Laurie Anderson. This weirdly wonderful, surprisingly catchy selection of musical highlights from her eight-hour production United States Live was ahead of its time in 1982, and STILL resonates today. Welcome to the future!

Songs discussed in this episode: O Superman - Ilmiliekki Quartet; Mr Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra; What Time Is It - Ken Nordine; Title Music from A Clockwork Orange - Wendy Carlos; 3 Dances - John Cage; From The Air, Big Science - Laurie Anderson; This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) - Talking Heads; Sweaters - Laurie Anderson; America Is Waiting - Brian Eno and David Byrne; Walking & Falling, Born, Never Asked - Laurie Anderson; Four Organs - Steve Reich; O Superman - Booka Shade; O Superman, Ethics Is The Esthetics Of The Few-Ture - Laurie Anderson; O Superman (Live 1997) - David Bowie and Gail Ann Dorsey; Example #22, Let X=X, It Tango, Walk The Dog, 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be) *Jimi Hendrix cover - Laurie Anderson

This week, British blues guitarist, singer/songwriter Bex Marshall brings us Irish funk rock band Republic Of Loose and their acclaimed 2004 debut 'This Is The Tomb Of The Juice'. With a surprising range of sounds for an outfit from Dublin - including gospel, rap, smoky blues and dirty funk - leader Mick Pyro and company sound like a cross between OutKast and the Stones, with a bit of Sly Stone thrown in. Although relatively unknown in the states, they attracted some heavy duty fans back home in their relatively short existence including Damien Dempsey, Sinéad O'Connor and Bono.
"It must be something in the water..."

Songs discussed in this episode: Intro - Republic Of Loose; Lay Down And Die, 5AM, The House Of Mercy, I Can't Look You In The Eye - Bex Marshall; Ride With Us (Live, The Olympia Theatre 2006), Kiodin Man, Hold Up! - Republic Of Loose; Give It Away Now - Red Hot Chili Peppers; Girl I'm Gonna Fuck You Up - Republic Of Loose; Miss You - The Rolling Stones; The House Of Mercy - Bex Marshall; Something In The Water, Tell More Lies, Slow Down - Republic Of Loose; Over The Rainbow - Eva Cassidy; Sweet Cola Of Mercy, Six Sober Sounds, Dial Jesus For Sweetness - Republic Of Loose; Guilty, Dirty Water - Bex Marshall; Black Bread - Republic Of Loose; Preaching To The Choir - Bex Marshall